On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 08:38:08 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

In article ,
Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:35:54 +0000, Steve Walker wrote:

I have four very short (6") cables with a 13A socket on one end and an
unfused 5A plug on the other.

I had at least one of those in my University of Essex study bedroom, as
they didn't provide 13 amp sockets.

Worse were the study bedrooms in Darwin College at Kent. They had a 2.5A
circuit breaker for the whole room, but located in the room. This wa
sbecause the wiring was installed at a time of high copper prices, as I
recall.

at boarding school, I had a two-way adaptor from the bayonet light fitting
which gave me a lead from which I could run my radio.

I think irons used to run this way. An added benefit was that it was
particularly convenient to have the cord dropping from the ceiling. I
think we connected the Christmas lights by this method.